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Bond Investment Strategies
The same concept behind Nike iD trainers applies to bonds. The product’s the same but you can tweak it according to your lifestyle. So, depending on your personal investment goal, here are three…
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Are Bonds Risky?
Let’s start with the reward. Interest is paid, usually twice a year, on the money you invested. And, at the end of the loan term (aka maturity) your initial investment is repaid in full.…
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Buying Bonds
Let’s get down to business: You can buy bonds when they’re first made available to purchase – aka ‘issued’ – by a company and hold on to them until maturity. This is the…
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What is a Bond?
It’s simply a loan. You lend your money to a company, or government, and as a ‘thank you’ they pay you interest. Why would they borrow from me? In the same way that…